Born in Sicily, raised in Palermo and trained at the Bologna Fine Arts School, Giulio Macaione is an Italian cartoonist and illustrator, and a member of the art collective The Dummies. He began his career with Italian publisher Comma 22 with Ofelia (2013), published in 2014 in France by Physalis. In 2015, he released Basilicò with Bao Publishing, followed by Sirocco in 2021 with the same publisher. The two titles will be published respectively in 2020 and 2022 in France by Ankama.